Paul and His Life Transforming Theology

Translation

In 1975, the translation of the Kamwe (Higi) New Testament, Vəcə Yesu Kristi, was first published. Since 2007, I have been serving as a translation consultant, working with the Kamwe Bible Translation Committee on the Old Testament, with a view to completing the translation of the entire Kamwe Bible.

Teaching

My job is to teach the Bible to university students. It is a job I love. The Bible is my life, my passion, and my joy—and I never tire of the challenge of teaching it effectively and well. But I have often asked myself what it means to teach the Bible effectively and well in an academic setting.

Last Sunday morning Boko Haram, the violent Muslim extremists who have declared an Islamic State in northeastern Nigeria, overran Michika, the large district center in the Kamwe area. (The Kamwe Bible translators with whom I work reside in the Michika area.) Many people were killed; there are reports of young people having their throats slit